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, 1887-12-09
The Markets-stocks and Cattle

The Markets-Stocks and Cattle.
New YORK, Dec. S.-The market to-
day was moderately active and higher,
though speculation was narrow. 1t was
somewhat feyerish and weak, however,
being subjected to raiding during almost
the entire day. The close was quiet and
heavy at or near the lowest prices.
Governments dull and heavy. Min
ing shares dull. Money 4@5 per
cent.
Petroleum was steady; opening at
764; highest, 76b: lowest, 76; closing, 76.
Sales. 1873, 900 barrels.
Following are closing prices of stocks:
Pacific 6's, l19; American Express,
I09; Canada Pacific, 542; Canada South
ern, 544; Central Pacific, 342; Burlington,
l254; Delaware, Lackawanna, 1854; Dem
yer & Rio Grande, %; Erie, 2Ss; Lake
Shore, 94t; Louisville & Nashville. 6I3;
Michigan Central, S64; Kansas & Texas,
I7f; New York Central, 1918; Northern
Pacific. %; preferred, 45l; Northwest
ern, 1868; Oregon Improvement, As;
Navigation. 87t; Transcontinental, 1871;
Pacific Mail. 81; Panama, =; Rock
Island, Ill; Milwaukee & St. Paul.
75i; Reading, CIT; Texas Pacific, $50;
Union Pacific, SIT; United States Ex-
press, IS; Fargo, 30; Western Union, 76.
CHICAGO, Dec. observation-disclosures,
$1,000; market strong for good; others
weak; fancy, IS. SOFA 6. 25; shipping
steers, 81. 6594. 90; stockers and feeders,
81. 75@285; Texas cattle 81. 2592. 80.
Sheep-Receip6s 5000; market strong;
natives, So. O095. 25; Western, S3.25@
4. 10; Texans, 81. ESQ IS.
Wheat-Market lower. Cash. II;
January 77s; May S4i.
, 1887-12-09
Compressed Air Engine.

At the Newcastle exhibition can be
seen a new locomotive, run by compressed
air. 1t is intended for underground work
especially and has already been employed
in several of the Durham mines. 1t has
a weight of about two tons and runs on
a narrow gauge. thirty-three and one-half
inch track. The maximum load which
the engine will draw is twelve tons The
air is at 400 pounds pressure, and, with
a load of five tons on an ordinary road,
a single air charge will last about one
mile.-Chicago Tribune.
, 1887-12-09

The CHILEAN government is offering free
board and lodging and a salary of S1,5OG
paper money to German instructors to
accept positions as teachers in the col
leges of Chill.
, 1887-12-09

and they place in their true light the re-
latons between the ex-banker and his
fair clerk.
, 1887-12-09

II full and complete stock
of all kinds Of toys az
Hollis.
, 1887-12-09
A silver Stampede.
hnnhnr MnnnAninnnn

There is great excitement in the Sweet
wa,er country, and the word comes that a
stampede to the new silver mines of the
section is confidently looked for. These
mines are located on the eastern end OF
Green mountain, and are said to be of
rare promise. One OF the claims was
sold a short time since las will be remem-
bered by Momtaineer readers) by a gen.
tleman named Ross, to one Poole OF
Washington, D. c., for $1,000. A great
many of these silver claims have lately
been recorded in the office of the county
clerk here.
, 1887-12-09

the complement of enlisted
men be raised by an addition of 500
Driyatps
, 1887-12-09

at the Leader office.
, 1887-12-09

YOM can bay all the
poems in hair Russia III
brary btndery for S1.OO
Der' UOIusne at Hollis.
, 1887-12-09
Boys clothing copper cent
toacer than any other house
M MyerS.'

Dolls from sc up at
H0tt's.
, 1887-12-09

Eyo. Archives & Historical Dept; Chcvenne, NYo.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1887-03-19
They Got Out Of His Way.

A familiar figure in London is that
of a blind old man who run after a
dog. The blind man has a p%lacard on
his chest, and in other respects he is
like the typical blind beggar, but he
runs along after his little four-footed
guide in a very original fashion. Such
guides usually move along at a snail's
pace; this little creature either runs or
moves at a brisk trot. The result is
that the master and dog are enabled to
pass swiftly through great crowds. In
some of the thoroushfares men with
good eye-sight move slowly and with
difficulty; but the begger and beggar's
dog cut a swath wherever they 60.
The old mans stick is no sooner heard,
hurriedly Notwithstanding on
the pavement, than the foot-passengers
stand aside to avoid q collision
golden Days.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1887-03-19
OUR BOYS AND GIRLS
AN IDYl. OF THE KING.

The carpet in the parlor is no better tsan sne
OF the carpet in the library one can say little
more;
There's o good one in the dining-room, although
it's rather small;
But the carpet in the nursery is incest Of them
all
There's Q palace in the middle, circled nth .
wall Of black,
With . most Of yellow water, four brown path
ways running back
Through A fearful, friehtful forest from the
windows to the door,
Round four lakes Of deep dark water WIN
green grifins on the shore.
At the corners there are castles, ana IN one
King Arthur reigns;
In the north one is a giant, and the south ID
Charlemagne's.
But the castle in the corner by the closet is the
best,
And from this rule my kingdom and reign over
all the rest.
But the middle park and palace are Q very won
drous place
Statues, vases, fairies, graces, lowers and DOW
ers through all the space,
IT'S o garden of enehantment, and the dreadful
ogress there
70 my sister-You should see her when she rum
pies up her hair!
Now, it's very. very seldom that I'll play with
dolls and girls.
Cause I used to go in dresses. with my hair like
Mary's curls;
But there's frst-rate fun in playing, on o rainy
indoor day,
That her dolls q captive Princess, to be res
cued in a fray.
So with knights of the Round Table and with
Paladins Of France,
Charlemagne and I and Arthur through the
wicked wood advance;
And we always have such contests, before all
these wilds are crossed,
With the giant and the grifins, that half our
knights are lost.
But at last We reach the portals, and the lovely
Princess see,
Then the ogress, with her magic, captures every
one but me;
And transferred to wood and pewter in her dun
geons they repine-
But I bear away the Princess, SO. the victory is
mine.
Ernest Whitney, in 81. Nicholas.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1887-03-19
A Beautiful Father.

TELL your mother you've been very
good boys to-day" said a school teach.
er to two little new scholars.
''Oh" replied Tommy. 1--WE haven't
any mother"
.'Who takes care of your she asked.
Father does. We've got a beautiful
father. You ought to see him.
"Who takes care of you when he is
at work?"
HE takes all the care before he goes
off in the morning and after he comes
back at night. He's a house-painter;
but there isn't very much work this
winter, so he is doing laboring till
spring comes. H" leaves us a warm
breakfast when he goes off; and we
have bread and milk for dinner,
and a good supper when he comes
home. Then he tells us stories and
plays on the fife. and cuts out beautiful
things with his jack-knife. You ought
to see our father and our home, they
are both so beautiful
Before long, the teacher did see that
home and that father. The was
a poor attic, graced with cheap
pictures, autumn leaves and other lit
tie trities that cost nothing. The
father, who was preparing the evening
meal for his mothcrless boys, was at
first glance only a rough, begrimed
laborer; but, before the stranger had
been in the place ten minutes, the
room became a palace and the man a
magician.-N. y. Examiner.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1887-03-19

Some Very Pretty Conceits in Fine Rings
and Other Personal Ornaments.

Some Very Pretty COnceits in Fin Rings
and Other Personal Ornaments.
In light knife-edgc or fancy-scroll
pins, opals, singly or in graceful rows,
%contrasted with diamonds, are consider
ably used, and please lovers of this
gem.
Ladies''vest chains are now made in
the French style, polished gold shot
alternating with French links of
platinum. A small platinum locket in
the same style is attached.
AS a centre piece for bar-pins, a
horseshoe of fine opals, having a dia-
mond in the center, is proving quite
popular. The reverse arrangement of
stones is also seen.
Among the wealthy and the followers
of fashion link-buttons are almost ex.
clusively worn, and. as usual, the
example of the bon ton is beginning to
be generally followed.
A handsome opal ring recently intro.
duced has a single stone with a trefoil
of small diamonds on each side, and
the upper part Of the shank around the
gems richly chased.
The forget-me-not finish, a beauti.
fully chased surface of platinum and
gold in imitation of that popular
flower, is the richest and most artistic
novelty in chased slceve-buttons.
A very salable ring at present has a
Hat shank, the upper part of which is
split, and two parallel rows of fancy
stones, three in each row, are set either
diagonally or in line with the shank.
The newest queen chain is composed
Of red and green gold and platinum in
beautiful contrast, and has a ball. pend
ant, the surface of which consists of
deeply chased blocks of the same met.
ais, set with diflerent-colored stones.
The new domestic golden beryl has
a very pleasing effect when mounted
in the plain twist-shank ring in COM
blnation with small diamonds, or in
scarf-pins in the popular Maltese cross
form. 1t almost rivals the diamond in
brilliancy.
The odd reptile and insect forms, So
popular this season, occasionally take
decided realistic forms. A necklace
was recently seen, the clasp Of which
was a huge green frog, while the sev.
eral links were formed Of long-tailed
tadpoles. A pin for the hair, equally
pre-kaphaelistic. is composed of a bunch
OF cherries on n of which a slug is
resting. a trail of slime being plainly
> marked behind it-Jewelcr's Weeklu.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1887-03-19
PROPER DIETING.
Some Plain Truths For Sufferers From
Impaired Digestion.

There are those who have very crude
ideas of what constitutes a reasonable
dieting, such as will prove advantage
III to those in impaired health, or a
course which will give health and
strength. Negatively it is no simply
eating a little oatmeal in the morning
as a kind of a p%enance, finishing up of
the meal with a generous quantity of
pork steak, hard-fried eggs, sausages,
new biscuit, buckwheat griddle cakes
and then a quarter of a mince pie, but
eating with some reference to the
strength Of the digestive powers,
as reason. the conscience and judg-
ment would dictate. A modern slice of
graham bread or any made of the
whole products of the grain-the best
bread that can be made-can not rem
der harmless rich pastry, pound cake,
highly-spiced food, nuts, figs, r~aisins,
finishing with ice cream a generous
supply, nor will intoxicants or ginger
counteract the effects of the chill of
the stomach. 1t is not dieting to eat
new bread after having cooled it in hot
tea, for the age is the Objectionable
feature rather than the tempera-
ture. Old and strong cheese, ham,
sE.oked fish, cooked oysters, boiled
cabbage, hard-baked custards, are not
made easy of digestion simply by eat
ing a little wheat germ meal" or by
drinking strong tea and coffee, or by
spicing the food.
If one is to select his food in refer.
ence to health, the taste will never
prove a reliable guide, unless it is a
natural one, while the only sensible
course is to select in reference to whole.
someness and digestability, avoiding 4
great variety at the same meal. 1t is
worthy of note that plain and simple
food is the most really valuable. the
most digestible and the most whole
some to say nothing Of economy. NJ
family, if temperate in all respects,
with reasonable ability or common
sense, need to suffer in the country 10,
an abundance OF wholesome food, fol
such food will not cost more than one
half Of the average paid to supply the
table. Eat to live instead Of living tc
eat.-Dr. j. * Aanaford, ~ Wss!ey,
PIownl0n.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1887-03-19
INDIAN HONESTY.
6tory'of n Cherokee Which Furnished
siderable Food for Reflection.

8lleThDle OOu IOf keuetti0n.
According to the San Francisc, Caro-
there can hardly be a doubt that the,
something wrong about the Indian I'd
try. There is not a Jail anywhere wa
the bounds Of the Cherokee reseryss
No country al ever be at a high point
civilization in which there arc no jals !
nobody does any thing to nesl them. |
have always been laugh. to Look u
Damon and Pythias as one Of the d
beautiful stories of friendship 4
honor. Listen to this from
Cherokee Indian and ask yourself
it does not give you some dise1
opinion of him. An Indian was sh.. !
killing another ma some time ago
stranger in the Territory happened b
with the sheriff when the news thu,
appeal had been lost and the sel!a
must DO carried out.
yes" said the sheriff, 'Tll hsa|
have the poor fellow shot"
"Where is he! don't see any jal'
"He's at home"
"a prisoner under sentence Of death
home!"
~"Certainly; he's out IN his word,
been at home three months. We've ~
jails here"
"Well, you don't expect to geth1|
come and be ShOtIn
"Certainly l do. He'll be here to.n@i
I sent for him."
And the merry stranger laughed. y
day he was on handto witness the slsa
discontinue. But a few minutes Da
the hour a cavalcade appeared in tho
lance. 1t was headed by m'nlyy'
Indian and it was made up Of his ifa7
They rode CALAMITY up and the yo1a!
dian surrendered him self 10 the w
He went about among the crowd "
hands with everybody, gave one MY
die, another his horse, AMI 50 on UNI.
had disposed Of all he possessed IaI
selected his bosom friend as the MAJ
fire the fatal shot, an honor MS ~
friend esteemed highly. II, @s
place; pinned a piece Of blue rloo,a
his heart, the point the bullet was nal
and stood up like a man. few sew,
there was a shot, and he was usts
wonder If there i, nothing at o.! 'net
man ran learn from the Cherokee ""
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1887-03-19
CARE OF CARPETS.
How to Keep Them Nice and Clean with.
out Impairing Their Usefulness.

How to Keep Them Nice and Clean With.
out Impairins Their Usefulness.
A. coarse broom as a matter of econ.
omy should never be used for carpets as
it tears of the surface and o o wears
out the coarSer parts. All factories
keep different grades Of brooms and a
fine one can always be made if not
readily procured at the grocery stores.
A stiff brush serves a better purpose
than a broom and these can be had
with long handles at a brush manu-
factory. A fine carpet preserves a
clean appearance longer ii it is wiped
over with a damp cloth which removes
all the dust that may settle after
sweeping, Carpets unless in constant
use do not require \ thorough sweep.
ing more than once or twice a
month. II the family is slarge one, or
the carpet in constant use, it requires
to be taken up and frequently shaken.
A shaking removes the sand and dust
which are apt to grind them out.
Grease OF spots. if the color has not
been faded out. can be removed by rub
bling with bcnzinc. Rag carpets are
best cleaned by placing them on .
board. bench or table and scrubbing
them on both sides. and rinsing without
dipping them into the water. a that is
apt to run the color into the light rags
and make them look dingy. Dry them
on lines and let them dry quickly. Il
the carpets arc not too dusty they can
be cleaned on the floor with a clean
brush and clean water. and rinsed of
with a little OK gall or salt in the water
to freshen up the colors. Detroit
Tribune.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1887-03-19
G FOR FARMERS.

The finest and best woods are pro-
duced in cold climates. - Chicago Jour
~aL
England, the greatest livestock
country in the world. owes more OF
her agricultural prosperity to her tur-
nip fields and sheep folds than to any
other agency.
If a farmer will take care not to
purchase what he can rot use or has
little need for. he will soon learn that
it is poor economy for him to buy any
thing h;it the best.
In 2.447 pounds Of the straw of bar.
ley there are st5 ounces of potash, IL
ounce of soda, 1856 ounces Of lime. 40
ounces of magnesia, 70 ounces Of phos-
phoric acid, 81 ounces of sulphur. 81
ounces of chlorine, 1924 ounces of silica,
and $50 ounces of nitrogen. Boston
Bnlletin.
The first thing a farmer on an old
farm wants to do is to get his farm
down to grass, and then look around
and see how this grass can be turned
to the best account. In some places it
may be beef; in others it may be NUT
ton, or butter. or family cheese, or it
may be hoss.-Ceveldud Leader.
In order to feed the different foods
with economy they should be fed in
such a manner hat the different di-
gestible substances composing the en-.
tire ration should be in a certain ratio
to each other. In this way they protect
each other, and each goes to perform
that portion of the work to which it is
most admirably adapted. Give an ex-
cess of some of the substances compos.
ing the ration and it will be wasted.
Remove the entire amount of some.
their places a not be supplied and
starvation ensues.-Detroit Tribune.
No nan who observes the golden
rule of doing unto others as he would
have others do INTO him will ever be
guilty of Fostering Il neighbor about
his fences. If my neighbours fences
are good enough for him they are good
enough for me, and l would no more
ask a neighbor to build fences to pro-
tect his crops from my stock than I
W ould ask him to employ guards to
protect his sheep from my dog.-Farm-
ers' Cali.
A traveller in Saxony relates his
surprise at the large number of ponds
Of all sizes which stud the fields in every
direction. These ponds are as carefully
tended as are the fields, and are q
source o income to their owners They
TEEN with carp. tench and other fish
that viii thrive in sluggish water.
These are taken out in the fall and sold
at prices ranging from twelve to twen-
ty cents per pound. The ponds are
then restocked with a young brood,
which costs from fifty cents to
dollar and a quarter per hundred, ac-
cording to size. These fish are left to
shift for themselves until they are a
year old, when they are usually fit for
market. In winter the ponds yield a
crop of ice, which is disposed of at a fair
price.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1887-03-19
WHAT Is II,

. Pestilsace That Wair.
Distraction Th.. Watt Watt, n essA,
We have published in !" u Ssss
Time to time different 0af Column
regard to Bright's Dissassss ssrtxas
/ What ID this terrible dis.saa iaers
We have taken tho tressel
Investigation from thu trouble 70 hi
we Elve the results to our .rss source
what astonishes US il II, teaoen
terence given to kidney d y; geleN
sidneys do not sound tSa u,as0tdsn
diseased condition. ouiu o alarm d
they have very few nernU % thsiss
l~rr.:.atlon. inflammation. S nIsse b
and thcl the little tubes. ~ %t'cetataa
neys are full, are destrovadT alcs u
Of, and FROM this fact are raI aaa
As soon ss this begins to taxa p 'Ssss
only q question Of how fast 1 da.pa s
gocs on before the disease res vIvapt
Il me proper remedies ara ,as ~
maj decomposition or waste y tssea
commences or becomes ton ~. y, meet
faat Is the only and last caanes ~ sa'a
At!s az tnls point or before that ny
sa1e cure proves so beneAciaI' Msa
cure Or stop the wasting awsn w
neys II 1t has not advanced ~" y W
The most remarkable thin s;at:
vestigation Is the fact that IN ", aleA
Bright's disease has no re PATENT
TOMS M put has the symptoms Of svS,, !!
First he may possibly feel a dn,, :.
ms back, generally upon n siu
does not dehar him from his ,isu Ply VI
routine. After a time he NAV v'Hsl ouil3
neuraigic pains, or have a sIjsht n.y. "
what ne may call rheulnat,s m' ~ NY W.
with high or dark colored urn NJ lssl1
unpleasant sensation in its pas,, wy
after standing showing an nh pas,ass
dit!on. Later on, come tired f aa,;llfa
of ambition or vlgor, or loss ~ '.,asA
eyeslght which is very common s .Sl
distressed condition Of the slomss, wy
one Of these symptoms is l,abIs 10 as
This no doubt accounts for nv w
etors OF Warmers safe cure clr ,u, pfa
diseases. By regulating and buijds w. y
Kidneys, symptoms Of general iIi's v
disappear. They justly accuse tba aI ns1
profession OF treating the effects .u s1
the cause. Finally if this disorIara ~
lected the patient either dies Of ana,,!
pneumonia, heart disease, bIooSp , w
consumption, or any other dissass ,t pa1
system is most subject to. ~
1t appears that General LOGAN val.
his condition, and was well aw, ,a, !.
his disease was of the kidneys nv,
pressed himself in indignant terms ~. !.
folly OF the doctors in treating ham
rheumatism when it was the k,1nar.
caused his attacks
We have no doubt that yerv NAM
pie in this country have tn, soma III
as the General, but little imDortanrs I.
tached to this malady by the madics,
fession because of their inability IA |
with it, either in its first appearaurso a,
yanced condition.
There appear to be some one csr,a
nearly every other ailment Of The hu,
system, but up to the presen. time M
has been able to fully count for fin,
rible malady. We understand thai,
people OF Germany have become aw,r
its fearful fatality, and have Offered ,
600 marks {Sl00, 000) to any one ,ba,
satisfactorily explain the cause.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1887-03-19
ABOUT A
A Story Which Explains Some Things and
Leaves Other Things for Young Wits to
Find nut

A Story Which Explains Some Things and
Leaves Other Things for Young Wits to
Fine Out.
Come, boys" said Will to the 9TH
ers, I'm tired of this humdrum play.
Let's get up something new and big"
Agreed" came from the others;
'but what shall it be, WHIP"
"A railroad" was the prompt re-
ply.
And they all shouted: "a railroad!
hurrah, boys! that's just grand. Well
do it. But who knows how?"
Il do" came from Will. Fathers
an engineer, and you see l hear him
talk to mother about it every day."
Your father an engineer!' ex-
claimed several. Don't Mike Riley
and Tim Sullivan IL all the engines?"
And Will answered with a loud ''Ha,
ha. ha! Run engines! ha, ha. hal"
and his sides shook with laughter.
Compare my father to Mike and Tim!
NV father builds railroads"
An they all said "Oh!' But what
is the first thing. Will. to build a rail-
road? A spade and hoe, or what?"
Money; ten hundred thousand dol
lars. and just as much more as you can
get. Father says you a do any thing
with money; but all the money in the
world couldn't have saved little sister
Rose from dying At that a large
tear came to Wills eye, and the boys
all looked at him in silence.
Then he wiped his eyes and went on:
Come, boys. say how much you'll give
to the new railroad"
Thereupon Win smoothed off a spot
in the sand and wrote his name, and
opposite he put, ''The right of way and
no charge for engineering"
"And what's the right OF wayP'"
hey asked.
'You can't build roads in the air.
You must have ground. and when you
get it, you've the right Of way See?
I'll get that from father. down in tn
orchard. along the trout brook
'Good for you, WILL" they all
shouted.
''Here, Rob, you sign for the ties;
Alec, for the rails, and jim for the roll
ing stock; Dan must build the depot.
Come up, now, and sign like men of
enterprise. b. liberal and prompt,
and we'll have the cars running by the
first of June, and declare a dividend
of fun at ~least-every day."
All this speech from Will. And each
one VI ote his name under Wills say
ing what he would give or do.
Then came the word of comm and
from our young engineer:
"Now to business. Each one to his
home as fast as his legs will carry him,
and bring an axe or spade or hoe or
some tool. I'll run to father for the
charter-what's thatP Then let's make
the dirt fly.'
When l went by a few days after, by
the foot of the orchard, sure enough,
there they were; coats of, each one
busy as a bee. Will acting as engineer.
The grading what's that? was
nearly all done. Will said they would
lay the ties-what are theyP-and
rails (P) the next Monday, and soon l
should hear the whistle.
True to his promise, on the appointed
day came the ''toot, toot. toot," louder
and louder till the hills sent back the
sound